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The  Free  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Newark, 

New  Jersey 

Preliminary  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  1915 

January  1,  1916. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Newark,  New  Jersey 
Gentlemen : 

Your  library  now  has  226,897  books,  49,000  pictures  mounted  for 
lending,  440,000  pictures  not  mounted  but  classified,  1,379  large  pictures 
for  use  in  class  rooms  and  1,400  prints  or  engravings  mounted  and  labeled 
for  exhibition  or  for  the  student. 

New  books  were  bought  in  1915  to  the  number  of  23,218.  Of  these 
3,849  were  novels  old  and  new;  8,784  were  for  young  people,  and  many 
of  these  were  new  copies  of  the  old  books  which  the  children  had  shown 
they  liked  to  read  and  careful  study  had  seemed  to  prove  are  good  for  them. 
Of  books  new  to  the  library,  not  novels,  and  not  all  new  to  the  world  of 
books,  6,582  were  bought. 

Newarkers  borrowed  last  year  for  home  use  1,194,817  volumes,  6 
per  cent  more  than  in  1914,  80,770  small  pictures,  2,252  large  ones  and 
3,500  poems. 

In  the  Vertical  File,  the  most  useful  tool  the  library  now  has,  are 
about  57,000  items  arranged  in  dictionary  form,  including  clippings  from 
newspapers,  articles  from  magazines,  pamphlets,  etc.,  nearly  all  relating 
to  current  affairs.  This  collection  keeps  the  library  up  to  date  quite 
completely. 

The  Treasurer’s  report  gives  details  of  expenditures.  The  payroll 
now  includes  42  members  of  the  staff,  47  messengers  or  pages,  13  janitors 
and  elevator  attendants  and  an  engineer’s  staff  of  five.  The  total  payroll 
is  about  53  per  cent,  of  the  total  income,  which  is  the  percentage  used  for 
this  purpose  in  most  large  American  libraries. 

The  main  library  is  open  about  4,000  hours  per  year,  nearly  a  thousand 
of  these  being  after  t>  p.  m.  Most  of  the  staff  work  two  or  three  evenings 
a  week.  The  cost  of  service  is  large  in  all  public  institutions  which  are 
open  every  day  until  9  p.  m.  The  city  hall  is  open  for  business  about 
2,200  hours  per  year;  public  schools  about  1,000;  business  offices  about 
2,500;  stores  about  3,000;  and  factories  less  than  2,500.  Good  service 
cannot  be  secured  for  4,000  hours  in  all  departments  of  an  institution 
as  efficient  as  we  believe  Newark’s  library  to  be,  without  the  payment  of 
such  salaries  as  will  secure  good  and  willing  workers. 

It  is  our  pleasure  to  report  that  the  library  seems  to  have  gained  a 
very  wide  reputation  for  the  efficiency  of  its  service,  the  excellence  of  its 
equipment  and  the  fitness  to  its  purpose  of  its  building. 

Mr.  T.  Sano  was  sent  to  this  country  from  Japan  last  summer  to  gather 
suggestions  for  the  betterment  of  his  own  library  at  Yamaguchi  and  other 


libraries  in  his  province.  He  visited  Newark’s  library  as  one  of  those  known 
to  him,  before  he  left  home,  as  best  worth  seeing.  In  a  letter  just  received 
he  sends  his  special  thanks  for  what  he  here  gained. 

Among  the  many  who  have  visited  Newark’s  library  in  the  past  year 
to  learn  of  its  peculiar  features  we  name  these,  merely  to  indicate  how  widely 
and  favorably  it  has  become  known:  James  H.  Collins,  Special  writer, 
Saturday  Evening  Post;  Lewis  A.  Armistead,  Librarian,  Boston  Elevated 
Railway  Library;  William  Elliot  Griffis,  author  and  lecturer,  Ithaca,  N.Y. ; 
George  French,  editor  and  counsellor  in  publishing  and  advertising,  Glen 
Ridge,  N.  J.;  Wallace  E-  Nye,  Mayor  of  Minneapolis;  Llewellyn  E.  Pratt 
of  the  Associated  Advertising  Clubs  of  the  World,  New  York  City;  C. 
Chester  Lane,  of  the  Harvard  University  Press,  Cambridge,  Mass. ;  Dr. 
James  P.  Haney,  art  director,  Department  of  Education,  New  York  City; 
Miss  E.  D.  Robinson,  special  writer  for  the  New  York  Evening  Sun;  E-  G. 
Routzahn,  associate  director  of  the  Department  of  Surveys  and  Exhibits, 
Russell  Sage  Foundation,  New  York  City. 

The  librarian  will  present  an  extended  report  of  the  work  of  1915  in 
the  annual  volume  of  the  reports  of  all  departments  of  the  city  government. 
We  send  you  this  brief  report  now,  that  you  may,  thus  early  in  the  year, 
be  informed  as  to  the  activities  in  the  past  twelve  months  of  the  institution 
in  our  charge. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

The  Board  of  Trustees 

Hon.  Thomas  L.  Raymond,  Mayor 
of  Newark,  Ex-Officio. 

Addison  B.  Poland,  Superintendent 
of  Public  Schools,  Ex-Officio. 

Richard  C.  Jenkinson. 

James  E.  Howell. 

Edward  T.  Ward. 

J.  Henry  Bacheller. 

Forrest  F.  Dryden. 

Officers  of  the  Board 

President  of  the  Board  Hon.  Thomas  L.  Raymond,  Mayor 

Vice  President  of  the  Board  Richard  C.  Jenkinson 

Treasurer  of  the  Board  Edward  T.  Ward 

Secretary  of  the  Board  John  Cotton  Dana 


Standing  Committees: 

Finance  Messrs.  Jenkinson,  Howell,  Bacheller 

Book.  Messrs.  Howell,  Jenkinson,  Poland 

Library.  Messrs.  Ward,  Poland,  Dryden 

Branches . Messrs.  Dryden,  Poland,  Howell 

Assistants  . Messrs.  Ward,  Poland,  Bacheller 

Art  and  Science  Collections  Messrs.  Bacheller,  Howell  Jenkinson 


Librarian,  John  Cotton  Dana 


STATISTICAL  TABLES 


BOOKS  LENT,  ARRANGED  BY  AGENCIES 


1915,  ACCESSIONS,  BY  CLASSES 


191 1 

1912 

1913 

1914 

1915 

Main  Library, 

adult . 

288,533 

287,999 

286,863 

299,650 

350,561 

Main  Library, 

children . 

64,002 

58,681 

56,178 

60.137 

87,156 

School 

Libraries. 

143,797 

107,880 

107,844 

71,796 

■  76,350 

Branch  1 . 

95,715 

106,366 

100,004 

78,823 

86,058 

Branch  2 . 

12,901 

1 1 ,999 

12,150 

19,749 

23,347 

Branch  3 . 

75,617 

84,265 

109,236 

118,849 

123,157 

Branch  4 . 

126,782 

142,593 

143,569 

170,651 

168,488 

Branch  5 . 

54,215 

54,642 

55,588 

68,393 

72,945 

Branch  6 . 

72,122 

79,050 

78,645 

104,184 

1  17,142 

1,437 

26,277 

Branch  8 . 

14,863 

Barringer 

High . 

13,279 

12,341 

11,637 

11,327 

9.068 

Deposit 

Stations . 

72,427 

90,766 

95,631 

84,365 

Post  Office . 

1,277 

1,114 

1,062 

199 

Firemen’s 

Libraries,  . 

7,200 

7,200 

7,200 

6,350 

Police 

Libraries.  . 

2,400 

2,400 

2,400 

1,650 

Periodicals . 

14,764 

17,722 

21,243 

16,113 

20,327 

Factory 

Libraries... 

2,534 

2,748 

3,161 

2,182 

City  Home . 

1,373 

1,319 

1,164 

1,095 

House  of 

Detention .... 

2,466 

1,522 

2,070 

2,010 

Y.  W.  C.  A.. 

745 

1,138 

1,138 

83 

Other  Travel- 

ing  Libraries 

2,155 

1,309 

1,615 

3,186 

Summer  School 

17,976 

Sta.  V.  &  N... 

1,102 

1,054,304 

1,073,054 

1,098,398 

1,122,229 

1,194,817 

BOOKS  LENT,  1915,  AT  MAIN  LIBRARY,  BY  CLASSES 

Per 


Adult 

Children 

Total 

Cent 

General  Works . 

1,684 

1,240 

2.924 

0.6 

Philosophy . . 

7,630 

133 

7,763 

1.7 

Religion . 

4,037 

1,193 

5,230 

1.1 

Sociology . 

....  15,301 

15,231 

30,532 

6.7 

Philology . 

3,913 

3,451 

7,364 

1.6 

Natural  Science . 

....  11,991 

2,446 

14,437 

3.2 

Useful  Arts . . 

....  21,519 

1,662 

23,181 

5.1 

Fine  Arts . 

....  16,891 

3,356 

20,247 

4.4 

Literature . 

....  22,841 

3,579 

26,420 

5.8 

History . 

7,336 

4,912 

12,248 

2.7 

Travel  and  Description.  .. 

5,464 

2,544 

8,008 

1.7 

Biography . 

5,992 

2,605 

8,597 

1.9 

Fiction . 

....  201,490 

44,804 

246,294 

53.8 

Duplicate  Collection  . 

...  24.472 

24,472 

5.3 

Periodicals . .  ... 

20,327 

20,327 

4.4 

370,888 

87,156 

458,044 

100.0 

BOOKS  LENT,  1889-1915 

The  circulation  for  the  past  twenty -six  years  is  as  follows: 


1889-90 . 

.  330,810 

1890-91 . 

.  306,066 

1891-92 . 

.  272,347 

1892-93 . 

.  268,320 

1893-94 . 

.  321,533 

1894-95 . 

.  332,078 

1895-96 . 

.  337,738 

1897 . 

.  364,728 

1898 . 

.  357,504 

1899 . 

.  346,985 

1900 . 

.  331,526 

1901 . 

.  314,874 

1902 . 

.  357,266 

1903  .  428,564 

1904  .  465,674 

1905  .  511,294 

1906  .  552,615 

1907  .  629,891 

1908  .  851,009 

1909  .  852,785 

1910  .  929,665 

1911  .  1,054,304 

1912  . 1,073,054 

1913  .  1,098,398 

1914  .  1,122,229 

1915  .  1 ,194,81 7 


15,006,074 


1915,  ACCESSIONS 

Number  of  volumes  in  the  library  as  last  reported  ....  215,32! 

Increase  by  purchase .  211 60 

Increase  by  gift .  ”  ’557 

Increase  by  binding  pamphlets . ’  896 

Increase  by  binding  periodicals  495 

Number  of  missing  volumes  restored  since  iast  report  106 

Number  of  volumes  received  since  last  report  23,324 

Number  of  volumes  missing  or  withdrawn  since  iast 
reP°rt .  11,748 


Total  number  of  volumes  in  Library  226,897 


General  Works . 

Philosophy . 

Religion . 

Sociology . 

Philology  . 

Natural  Science . 

Useful  Arts . 

Fine  Arts . 

Literature . 

History . . 

Travel  and  Description 

Biography . 

Fiction . 

Duplicates  ....  . 


270 
98 

117 

705 

85 

236 

619 

541 

709 

223 

271 
129 
546 

18,669 


Total 


23,218 


1915,  MISCELLANEOUS  STATISTICS 

Adult  Children’s 
Dept.  Room 


Average  daily  use  (home)  main  library  only.  1,120  286 

Largest  daily  use  (main  library  only)  3,546  706 

Smallest  daily  use  (main  library  only) .  685  78 

Volumes  lost  and  paid  for .  309  267 

Volumes  worn  out  and  withdrawn  .  5,199  5,951 

Number  of  reserve  postals  issued .  2,422  98 

Registration  Department — 

Volumes  collected  by  messenger .  524  192 

[  Names  registered  during  the  year .  13,992  8,102 

Total  live  registration  .  40,970  21,035 

Contagious  diseases  reported  by  Board  of 

Health .  5,142 

Cards  withheld  on  this  account .  127 

Bindery  Department — 

Books  bound .  18,974 

Cost  of  binding . $8,364.93 

Cost  per  volume .  .44 

Books  repaired .  68,389 

Art  Department — - 

Books  lent .  5,937 

Pictures  lent .  80^770 

Lithographs  lent .  2,252 

Meetings  in  building .  117 

Attendance  at  meetings  .  2,012 

Museum  attendance .  82^667 


The  Library  Finances 

REPORT  OF  EDWARD  T.  WARD,  TREASURER,  FOR 
THE  YEAR  1915 


Jan.  1  To  balance  as  per  audited  re¬ 
port  for  year  1914  .  $10.61 

23  To  neostyle  sold,  City  Plan 

Commission  .  $10.00 

Feb.  5  To  refund  salary.  Board  of 

Education,  substitute  .  9.00 

1 1  To  refund  salary,  Board  of 

Education,  substitute .  23.55 

To  refund  salary.  Board  of 

Education,  substitute .  80.00 

Mar.  24  To  cartage,  Municipal  Exhi¬ 
bition,  City  Plan .  7.00 

April  13  To  payment  Liability  In¬ 
surance,  . 20.00 

June  9  To  station  expenses,  L.  Bam¬ 
berger  .  9.00 

14  To  school  deliveries,  Board  of 

Education .  86.48 

Aug.  19  To  station  expenses,  L.  Bam¬ 
berger .  9.00 

20  To  services,  Medical  Library 

Association .  10.38 

24  To  lost  books,  City  Home 

Trustees .  16.83 

Sept.  25  To  lost  books,  Y.M.C.A .  10.34 

Oct.  1  To  lost  books.  House  of  De¬ 
tention .  16.74 

1 1  To  refund  salary,  Board  of 

Education,  substitute .  18.48 

25  To  lost  books,  Y.W.C.A .  16.00 

Nov.  3  To  refund  salary,  Boycott .  4.72 

8  To  refund  salary.  Board  of 

Education,  substitute  46.20 

8  To  physical  book,  Cleveland 

Museum  .  40.00 

15  To  sale  of  books,  etc.,  Bar¬ 

ringer  High  School .  4,000.00 

15  To  school  deliveries.  Board  of 

Education . 211.78 


Dec. 


2  To  refund  salary,  Heller . 

7  To  refund  salary,  Board  of  . 

Education,  substitute 
7  To  expenses  Poster  Exhibit, 

Committee  of  One  Hundred.. 

16  To  interest.  Young  bequest . 

21  To  return  premium,  Barringer 

High  School . 

21  To  return  premium,  Floater 

Policy . 

31  To  city  appropriation,  1915, 
less  amount  deducted  for 
interest  and  sinking  fund 
charges  on  account  Library  ' 

Building  Bonds .  124,775.60 

To  interest  on  deposits .  167.89 

To  Newark  Museum  Ass’n: 

For  services . $4,933.69 

For  telephone,  heat 

etc .  1,198.39  6,132.08 


$  7.84 

13.86 

299.35 

30.60 

6.00 

7.50 


To  The  Newarker: 

Subscriptions,  etc...  412.55 
Museum .  18.25  430.80 


To  fines,  duplicate 
collection,  etc.  for 

the  year .  12,043.87  148,560.89 


Fines,  etc.,  noted  above  were  received  by 
months,  as  follows: 

December,  1914 . 

January,  1915 . 

February,  1915 . 

March,  1915 . 

April,  1915 . 

May,  1915 . 

June,  1915 

July,  1915 . 

August,  1915 . 

September,  1915 . 

October,  1915 . 

November,  1915 . 


$148,571.50 


$1,114.46 

1,117.40 

953.18 

1,126.61 

1,097.68 

1,017.88 

1,027.25 

870.58 

787.38 

798.65 

1,019.80 

1,113.00 


Fines,  etc.  by  classes  and  sources  were  as 
follows: 

Fines 

Main  Library . 

Branch  1  . 

Branch  2 . 

Branch  3 . 

Branch  4 . 

Branch  5 . 

Branch  6 . 

Branch  7 . 

Schools . 


$12,043.87 


$  3,832.45 
646.47 
85.34 
507.43 
390.12 
179.93 
421.22 
37.70 
59.31 


Duplicate  Collection 

Main  Library . 

Branch  1  . 

Branch  2 . 

Branch  3 . 

Branch  4 . 

Branch  5  . 

Branch  6 . 

Branch  7 . 

Schools . 


$6,159.97 

1,547.54 

1,303.67 

32.32 

929.83 

117.96 

133.21 

707.74 

4.52 

21.47 


$4,798.26 


Non-resident  and  temporary  borrowers..  $192.41 

New  cards .  .70 

Reserves .  48.17 

Lost  books .  355.69 

Damaged  books .  241.04 

Telephone  commissions .  37.59 

Lantern  use .  8.00 

100  novel  lists .  2.00 

1,000  novel  lists .  32.20 

Art  and  printing  lists .  .15 

Y.  P.  D.  lists .  5.35 

Reading  for  Pleasure  and  Profit  .  2.30 

Paper  stock,  etc .  89.88 

Miscellaneous .  70.16 


$1,085.64 

By  expenditures  upon  vouchers  audited  by  the 
proper  committees  and  ordered  paid  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  upon  the  following  accounts: 


Books  $25,320.15 

Art  books,  pictures,  etc .  791.90 

Binding .  8,364.93 

Periodicals .  2,26 1 .62 

Periodicals,  branches  .  964.70 

Postage,  general . 634.80 

Postage,  branches  .  206.00 

Postage,  lending  departments .  280.00 

Catalog  Dept,  incidentals  .  206.86 


Trolley  fares .  $  278.10 

Temporary  resident  refunds .  92.25 

Express,  cartage,  etc .  703.22 

Telephone  rental .  434.63 

Janitor’s  supplies .  685.37 

Cleaning  windows .  300.00 

Water  and  ice .  371.21 

Building  repairs  and  alterations  1,065.95 

Furniture  equipment  and  repairs .  2,535.77 

Insurance,  fire,  accident,  etc.,  .  1,054.11 

Coal .  5,396.76 

Water,  boiler .  162.26 

Oil,  waste,  etc .  220.10 

Lamps . 359.55 

Carting  cinders  .  156.50 

Engineer’s  sundries .  86.75 

Repairs,  boilers,  etc .  78.90 

Repairs,  elevators,  etc .  23.98 

Gas .  271.88 

Printing . 441.50 

Printing  lists  and  repoits  .  189.00 

Newarker .  1,423.40 

Stationery .  1,490.44 

Exhibitions .  83.02 

Lantern  operating .  3.00 

Incidentals  from  petty  cash .  597.91 

Miscellaneous .  1,316.82 

Dues  and  memberships  137.25 

-  $58,990.59 


Branch  deliveries . 

Branch  1,  rent . 

light,  etc . 

incidentals. 

Branch  2,  incidentals. 

Branch  3,  rent . 

light,  etc., 
incidentals. 

Branch  4,  rent . 

light,  etc., 
incidentals. 

Branch  5,  rent . 

light,  etc., 
incidentals. 

Branch  6,  rent . 

light,  etc., 
incidentals. 

Branch  7,  incidentals. 
Barringer  High,  incidentals 

Salaries — 

Librarian’s  office  ..... 

Asst.  Librarian’s  office 

General  office . 

Catalog  dept . 

Technical  dept . 

Lending  and  reference. 

Fiction  dept . 

Registration  dept . 

Art  dept . 

Art  dept.  Museum . 

Children’s  dept . 

Exhibitions . 

School  dept. . 

Repair  dept. . 

Telephones . 

Sundays  and  holidays 

Branches . 

Branch  1 . 

Branch  2 . 

Branch  3 . 

Branch  4 . 

Branch  5 . 

Branch  6 . 

Branch  7 . 

Janitors . 

Engineers . 

Elevators  . 


.  $293.23 

$3,700.00 

286.60 

245.53 

-  4,232.13 

17.58 

1,200.00 

441.53 
56.23 

-  1,697.76 

1,380.00 

315.81 

298.89 

-  1,994.70 

960.00 

358.96 

148.91 

-  1,467.87 

1,200.00 

129.25 

104.31 

1,433.56 
40.64 
44.10 

-  $11,221.57 

$8,861.22 

3,999.92 

3.354.11 

3.132.42 
4,541.70 

8.534.39 

2.503.39 
2,462.96 

2,807.60 
4,856.26 
1,321.59 

66.15 

2.627.11 
2,082.11 

764.72 

373.62 

-  $52,289.27 

1.860.39 
2,936.76 

326.60 

1,443.57 

3,679.13 

1,010.00 

1.354.43 
385.00 

-  $12,995.88 

7,363.31 

5,017.08 

689.43 

-  78,354.97 


Balance,  December  31 


Jan. 

June 

Dec. 

Dec. 


YOUNG  BEQUEST 
1  To  amount  on  deposit  Howard 

Savings  Institution .  $510.00 

1  To  interest .  10.20 

1  To  interest .  10.40 

16  By  interest  drawn  and  de¬ 
posited  in  regular  account 


148,567.13 

4.37 

148,571.50 


530.60 

30.60 


Balance  on  deposit,  Dec.  31 


$500.00 


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FREE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


NEWARK,  N.  J. 

FRONT  ELEVATION  AND  FLOOR  PLANS 

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NEW  LIBRARY  BUILDING 


DECEMBER,  1897 


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BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

Hon.  JAMES  M.  SEYMOUR,  Mayor  of  Newark,  Ex-Officiu 

CHARLES  B.  GILBERT,  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools,  Ex-Officio 

WILLIAM  JOHNSON 
RICHARD  C.  JENKINSON 
JAMES  E.  HOWELL 
EDWARD  H.  DURYEE 
JAMES  TAAFFE 

OFFICERS 

President ,  Hon.  JAMES  M.  SEYMOUR 
Treasurer,  EDWARD  H.  DURYEE 
Secretary,  FRANK  P.  HILL,  Librarian 


* 


THE  following  information  concerning  the  plans  of  the  Free  Public  Library,  of  Newark, 
New  Jersey,  is  not  intended  to  be  full  or  complete,  but  is  given  with  the  idea  of  afford¬ 
ing  some  facts,  such  as  size  and  location  of  rooms,  etc.,  to  librarians  and  others  interested 
in  library  architecture. 

The  exterior  is  of  the  Italian  Renaissance  style.  The  reading  room,  which  is  the 
principal  feature  of  the  building,  is  strongly  marked  on  the  exterior  by  the  series  of  nine 
arched  windows  on  the  facade. 

The  Washington  street  facade  and  returns  on  north  and  south  sides  will  have  a  light 
colored  granite  base,  up  to  the  sills  of  the  basement  windows.  Above  this,  Indiana  lime¬ 
stone  or  other  selected  light  stone  will  be  used.  The  exterior  walls  of  sides  and  rear  will  be 
faced  with  light  buff  bricks. 

The  finish  of  the  interior  will  be,  for  the  most  part,  necessarily  simple,  owing  to  the 
limited  amount  of  money  to  be  expended,  all  elaboration  being  concentrated  in  those 
portions  of  the  building  where  effect  is  mostly  to  be  desired,  particularly  in  the  Public  Hall 
and  Main  Reading  Room.  The  treatment  proposed  for  the  Public  Hall  consists  of  a  fine 
light  colored  stone  for  the  piers  and  arches  of  the  ground  floor,  the  grand  staircase,  columns, 
balustrades,  arches,  cornices,  etc.,  above  being  of  light  colored  marble.  All  of  the  interven¬ 
ing  wall  spaces  to  be  of  plaster,  tinted  in  selected  colors. 

The  new  library,  in  some  ways,  will  be  a  departure  from  the  conventional  styles  and 
methods  of  library  construction,  provision  having  been  made  for  free  access  to  books  in  the 
Fiction,  Biography  and  Reference  Department ;  and  entrance  from  administration  to  stack 
building  so  arranged  as  to  allow  free  access  to  the  stack. 


FRONT  ELEVATION 

Administration  Building,  102'  o"xi38'  o" 
Stack  Building,  37'  o"  x  59'  o" 


PROPERTY  L/NE 


DIMENSIONS  OF  ROOMS 

Children’s  Room,  29'  o"  x  32'  o"  and  23'  o"  x  30'  o" 
Newspaper  Reading  Room,  29'  o"  x  32'  o"  and  23'  o"  x  30'  o" 
Janitor’s  Room,  1 1'  o"  x  24'  o'' 

Bindery,  24'  o"  x  38'  o" 

Stock  Room,  14'  6"  x  21'  o" 

Repair  Room,  19'  o"x  20'  o" 

Delivery  Station  Room,  28'  o"  x  30'  o" 

Packing  Room,  20'  o"  x  24'  o" 

Staff  Bicycle  Room,  12'  o"  x  21'  o" 

Public  Bicycle  Room,  23'  o"  x  24'  o" 


DIMENSIONS  OF  ROOMS 

Main  Reading  Room,  29'  o"x95' 

Public  Check  Room,  18'  o"  x  23'  o" 
Librarian's  Public  Room,  2i'o,,X23'o" 
Public  Catalogue  Room,  23'  o"x5i'  o" 
Delivery  Room,  28'6"x48'o// 
Biography  Room,  24'  o"  x  51'  o" 

Fiction  Room.  24'  o"  x  5 1 '  o" 

Delivery  Working  Space,  28'  o"  x  36'  o" 


DIMENSIONS  OF  ROOMS 

Reference  Room,  24'  o"  x  56'  o"  and  28'  6"  x  50'  o" 
Patents  Room,  23'  o"  x  5 1 '  o" 

Art  Book  Room,  29'  o"x42'  o" 

Trustees’  Room,  22'  o"x  28'  o" 

Staff  Lunch  Room,  16'  6"  x  23'  6" 

Staff  Sitting  Room,  17'  6"x  23'  o" 

Librarian’s  Private  Room,  20'  o"  x  23'  o" 

Official  Catalogue  Room,  24'  o"  x  56'  o" 

Study  Rooms,  1 1 '  o"  x  1 3'  o" 

Work  Room,  9'  6"  x  22'  o" 


PLAN  OF  THIRD  FLOOR 


DIMENSIONS  OF  ROOMS 

Lecture  Room,  35'  o"  x  8i'  o" 

Art  Gallery,  1 8'  o"  x  93'  o" 
Museum,  18'  o"  x  82'  o" 
Ante-room,  10'  o"  x  23'  o" 
Custodian’s  Room,  1 1' 0"  x  20'  o" 


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Young  Folks  Like  to  read  About  These  People 


All  Children  should 
meet  and  learn  to 
know  these  people 

Aeneas  t lie  Wanderer. 

Aesop  the  Fabulist. 

Aladdin  of  the  Lamp. 

Alexander  the  Great. 

Alfred  the  Founder. 

Apollo  the  Charioteer. 

Arthur  of  the  Round  Table. 
Augustus  the  Patron. 

Bruce  the  Undismayed.  ^ 

Cadmus  the  Alphabet  Maker. 
Castor  and  Pollux  the  Twin  Stars. 
Cinderella  of  the  Slipper. 

Cleopatra  the  Enchantress. 
Columbus  the  Discoverer. 

Cook  the  Navigator. 

Copernicus  the  Astronomer. 

Cortez  the  Dauntless. 

Cromwell  the  Protector. 

Crusoe  the  Solitary. 

Damon  and  Pythias  the  Friends. 
De  Soto  the  Pioneer. 

Deucalion  the  Restorer. 

Diogenes  the  Scornful. 

Drake  the  Sea  King. 

Edison  the  Inventor. 

Edward  the  Black  Prince. 


Elizabeth  the  Great  Queen. 
Franklin  the  Wise. 

Frederick  the  Great  Ruler. 
Fremont  the  Pathfinder. 

Fulton  of  the  Steamboat. 
Garibaldi  the  Patriot. 

Genghis  Khan  the  Whirlwind. 
Grant  the  Soldier. 

Gutenberg  the  Printer. 

Hannibal  the  Unrelenting. 

Helen  the  Beautiful. 

Henry  the  Orator. 

Hercules  the  Strong. 

Homer  the  Story  Teller. 

Isabella  the  Confident. 

Jack  of  the  Bean-stalk. 

Jason  of  the  Golden  Fleece. 

Joan  of  Arc  the  Inspired. 

Jones  the  Hero  of  the  Sea. 

Julius  Caesar  the  Victorious. 
Lincoln  the  American. 
Livingstone  the  Explorer. 

Louis  XIV.  the  Magnificent. 
Luther  the  Protestor. 

Marie  Antoinette  the  Pitiable. 
Marquette  the  Missionary. 

Mary  the  Tragic  Queen  of  Scots. 
Mohammed  the  Prophet. 

Morse  the  Telegrapher. 

Napoleon  the  Self-centred. 

Nero  the  Despot. 


Newcome  the  Gentleman. 

Newton  the  Mathematician. 
Nightingale  the  Nurse. 

Parsifal  the  Saintly. 

Peabody  the  Philanthropist. 

Penelope  the  Faithful. 

Penn  the  Peaceful. 

Peter  the  Great  Establisher. 

Revere  the  Messenger  of  War. 
Richard  the  Lion  Hearted. 

Rip  Van  Winkle  the  Sleeper. 

Robin  Hood  the  Merry  Huntsman. 
Saladin  the  Magnanimous. 

Scott  the  Story  Teller. 

Shakespeare  the  Poet. 

Sindbad  the  Sailor. 

Stephenson  the  Engineer. 

Tell  the  Fearless. 

Thor  the  Thunderer. 

Ulysses  the  Rover. 

Washington  the  Leader. 

Wellington  of  Waterloo. 

Whitney  the  Spinner. 

William  the  Conqueror. 

Xerxes  the  Great  Persian. 


Bible  Characters  are  omitted.  They 
are  so  many,  and  they  could  well 
make  a  list  by  themselves. 

J.  C.  D. 


The  books  in  the  library  tell  about 
all  of  these  people.  If  you  have 
never  heard  of  all  of  them  you  can 
have  them  made  real  to  you  by 
reading  about  their  lives,  and  the 
countries  in  which  they  lived.  You 
will  learn  why  Bruce  was  called 
the  “Undismayed,  ”  and  why  the 
one  word  “Confident,”  describes 
Isabella  so  well;  and  what  a  differ¬ 
ent  world  this  has  been  since  Guten¬ 
berg  invented  the  art  of  printing. 


Published  by  the  FREE  PUBLIC 
LIBRARY,  Newark.  New  Jersey, 
May,  1904,  for  the  young  people 
who  use  the  Library. 

Reprinted,  February,  1914. 


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SCHOOL  FOR  MUSEUM  WORKERS 


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MESSifr  Of  ILLI88IS 


The  Newark  Museum  with  the  help  of  the  Newark  Library  will 
open  a  School  for  Museum  Workers  about  October  1,  1925,  the  date 
of  the  opening  of  the  new  Museum  building. 

The  first  class  will  be  limited  to  twelve  students.  Qualifications 
include:  age  not  to  exceed  30;  college  diploma;  the  wish  to  become  a 
museum  worker;  good  general  ability;  good  personal  presence;  ability 
to  write  in  good  English  an  accurate  description  of  an  object  or  a  proc¬ 
ess;  letters  of  recommendation  which  indicate  zeal,  earnestness,  and 
readiness  in  learning  and  in  working  with  others. 

The  course  will  continue,  with  interruptions  of  not  to  exceed  21  days 
by  holidays  and  absences,  until  about  June  25,  1926. 

The  charge  for  tuition  is  $175.00.  This  will  cover  cost  of  text  books, 
of  other  material,  and  of  such  trips  to  neighboring  museums  as  will  form 
a  part  of  the  course. 

The  course  will  include  formal  teaching,  class  instruction  and  lec¬ 
tures  and  instruction  in  technical  matters  by  members  of  the  staffs  of 
Library  and  Museum. 

The  Library  is  included  in  the  field  of  study  of  the  students,  because 
the  fundamentals  of  library  work  are  much  the  same  as  the  funda¬ 
mentals  of  museum  work ;  and  more  particularly  because  the  general 
attitude  of  a  public  library  toward  its  clientele  is  precisely  that  which 
is  now  adopted  by  the  best  museums. 

The  school  will  not  attempt  to  equip  its  students  in  expertness  in 
any  field  of  art  or  science.  I  ts  purpose  is  to  prepare  persons  to  be  fairly 
helpful  in  that  part  of  a  museum’s  activities  which  may  properly  be 
called  management.  Both  Museum  and  Library  are  so  confident  that 
the  school  can  discover  and  develop  aptitudes  in  its  students  and  can 


train  them  well  in  such  elements  as  accuracy,  intensity,  speed,  team¬ 
work  and  agreeable  attitude  toward  the  persons  who  use  museums  and 
libraries,  that  the  two  institutions  purpose  to  take  as  members  of  their 
staffs  several  of  the  twelve  students  at  the  end  of  the  nine  months  of 
work  and  study. 

The  work  and  study  of  the  year’s  course  will  be  adapted  to  the 
talents,  aptitudes  and  leanings  of  the  several  students  as  these  disclose 
themselves,  that  they  may  develop  along  the  lines  that  each  is  most 
fitted  for  and  toward  the  definite  kinds  of  work  which  each  most  enjoys. 

Formal  teaching  in  classes  will  be  given  for  about  ten  hours  in  each 
week. 

The  course  will  include  such  subjects  as  these : — 

Purposes  of  museums  and  libraries ;  present  methods  of  accomplish¬ 
ing  these  purposes ;  the  elements  of  such  library  work  as  lead  naturally 
to  the  elements  of  museum  work;  management  of  books,  classifying, 
cataloging  and  preparation  for  the  shelves;  a  museum’s  adaptation  to 
its  community;  making  and  preparing  for  use  a  collection  of  pictures 
supplementing  a  collection  of  objects;  gathering  and  handling  a  collec¬ 
tion  of  fine  prints;  preparation  and  installation  of  objects  of  all  kinds; 
museum  cases;  labels  for  objects;  posters,  circulars  and  miscellaneous 
printing, — including  the  writing  of  the  same  and  the  printing  thereof; 
experience  in  the  Museum’s  print  shop;  preparation  of  objects  for  lend¬ 
ing;  a  lending  collection  and  its  relation  to  the  schools  of  the  city;  a 
children’s  museum  and  its  relation  to  the  schools  of  the  city. 

The  above  list  could  be  enlarged.  Briefly  it  may  be  said  that  the 
students  will  be  given  some  experience  in  and  full  knowledge  of  all  the 
forms  of  activity  that  are  carried  on  in  the  Newark  Library  and  the 
Newark  Museum,  including  notably  the  adjusting  of  the  Museum  to 
its  new  quarters  and,  in  its  coming  rapid  growth,  to  its  special  clientele. 


It  is  worthy  of  note  that  the  Museum  will  open,  on  October  1st,  a 
nation-wide  exhibit  of  Leather,  its  making  and  things  made  from  it. 

The  students  will  explain  this  exhibition,  as  well  as  all  other  exhib¬ 
its  in  the  building,  to  visitors,  thus  gaining  practice  in  what  in  museum 
parlance  is  now  called  docentry. 

Enough  has  been  said  to  make  it  plain  that  the  course  is  to  be  prac¬ 
tical  in  the  extreme,  having  to  do  with  present-day  problems  of  museum 
development.  It  has  also  been  made  plain  that  the  students  will  not 
be  expected  during  the  year  of  study  here  to  attempt  to  equip  them¬ 
selves  for  expertness  in  science,  art  or  industry.  Rather,  they  will  equip 
themselves  for  actual  practice  in  making  the  contents  of  a  museum 
interesting  and,  above  all,  helpful  to  the  community  that  supports  it. 

J.  C.  Dana, 

Director  of  Newark  Museum  and  Librarian  of  Newark  Public  Library. 

Newark ,  N.  J. 

February  5,  19?5 


